Meaning of the nameGizele

Gizele is a feminine name of Germanic origin, a spelling variant of Gisele, a form of Giselle, from the element gisal, 'hostage, pledge'.

Meaning

“hostage, pledge (from the Germanic element gisal)”

Source: Behind the Name: Giselle

People (2022): 6,108
Rank in Brazil: #2,384
Median age: 35 years
2010 Census: 6,436; people

Gizele in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gizele, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,401 people).

6,078 women 30 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gizele is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gizele in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.005%
Minas Gerais 0.004%
Pará 0.004%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Maranhão 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,064	0.002%
Minas Gerais	848	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	487	0.003%
Bahia	367	0.003%
Pernambuco	326	0.004%
Pará	325	0.004%
Paraná	302	0.003%
Ceará	276	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	253	0.002%
Maranhão	246	0.004%
Santa Catarina	244	0.003%
Goiás	208	0.003%
Amazonas	195	0.005%
Espírito Santo	128	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	111	0.003%
Distrito Federal	97	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	96	0.004%
Piauí	91	0.003%
Mato Grosso	89	0.002%
Paraíba	87	0.002%
Alagoas	82	0.003%
Sergipe	44	0.002%
Tocantins	41	0.003%
Rondônia	40	0.003%
Amapá	25	0.003%
Roraima	19	0.003%
Acre	17	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Gizele

Behind the Name lists Gisele as the Portuguese, chiefly Brazilian, form of Giselle, from the Germanic element gisal, 'hostage, pledge', and says that, according to some sources, the name may have begun as a nickname for a child given as a guarantee to a foreign court. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Gizele among the variants of Gisele. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,108 people named Gizele, with a median age of 35. Almost all are women, and most were born between 1980 and 1999.

Sources

Behind the Name: Giselle · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Gisele · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gisele · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gizele

What does the name Gizele mean?

Gizele means “hostage, pledge (from the Germanic element gisal)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gizele in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,108 people with the first name Gizele, which ranks it number 2,384 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Gizele a boy's or a girl's name?

Gizele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,078 women and 30 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gizele?

Gizele is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gizele most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Gizele (195 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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